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Show Emery County Progress Wednesday, June 29, 1983 5A To open July 5 Area mines to benefit from railway tunnel By STEVE HEffiE Staff Writer While the rest of us miners when the slide cut rail and road traffic through the are canyon on April 14. Last week, news of the signing of a Japanese coal contract that coincides with the reopening of the railroad prompted U.S. Fuel in Hiawatha to recall 278 employees. Company spokesman Bill Vrettos said the reopening of the northern rail route out of area would the celebrating the nations birthday on Monday, a number of local coal mines will have another reason to rejoice. Officials of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad say trains will begin running July 5 through the new tunnel that bypasses the Spanish Fork two-coun- D&RGW Construction Manager Bob Nance, who is coordinating the companys tunnel project on Billies Mountain, said crews are less than 370 feet from breaking through the mountain. We are averaging 60 to 70 feet a day in the tunnel, Nance said. So far, weve not run into any real major problems. We will be open and have trains running on the route on July 5. Crews began drilling the new tunnel in late April, just days after the slide cut through the canyon and the rail lines. As water began filling up behind the huge slide, the rail crews raced to rescue track that was being covered by the fast rising waters. Crews (hilled a diversion tunnel to keep the rising water from swamping the site of the new rail tunnel, and then began working on the main tunnel from both sides of the 300-fo- We will company spokesman. be able to ship whatever UP&L needs now. ot mountain. Nance said the new tunnel, which travels 3,200 feet through the rock, sandstone and clay of Billies Mountain, has been completed in an amazingly short time for a project of its size. D&RGW officials had predicted the project would take up to 65 days, and crews should finish the work within hours of the announced deadline. The reopening of the rail line to the north will mark the end of an economic nightmare for a number of local mines that were forced to idle operations or reduce production and lay off ty create increased activity at other mines. A spokesmen for Beaver Creek Coal Co., Price, said they will resume work on a full schedule July 11, recalling some 150 miners. Were back in business, and its a great feeling, the spokesman said. We should be able to maintain full production as long as the railroad is running. Valley Camp Coal near Scofield, which has managed to operate so far without layoffs because of the slide, now will resume shipping coal north to Utah Power & Light Co.s Salt Lake City power plant. Well now be able to start reducing our stockpile, said Ed Faust, a mudslide. Crews work around the clock as they race to complete the 3,200-foo- t tunnel that will carry new rails through Spanish Fork Canyon. Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad number of other mines, including Plateau, Price River and Solidier Creek will also benefit from the reopened railway. Increased shipping will allow recalls at some of these mines, although spokesmen were not available to confirm specific dates and numbers. A officials say the first freight train will move through the tunnel early on July 5. 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